Print Email Facebook Twitter Temperature dependent spectroscopic studies of the electron delocalization dynamics of excited Ce ions in the wide band gap insulator, Lu2SiO5 Title Temperature dependent spectroscopic studies of the electron delocalization dynamics of excited Ce ions in the wide band gap insulator, Lu2SiO5 Author Van der Kolk, E. Basun, S.A. Imbusch, G.F. Yen, W.M. Faculty Applied Sciences Department Radiation, Radionuclides and Reactors Date 2003-09-01 Abstract Electron delocalization processes of optically excited states of Ce3+ impurities in Lu2SiO5 were investigated by means of a temperature and spectrally resolved photoconductivity study. By monitoring separately the strength of the photocurrent resulting from excitation into each of the Ce3+?5d absorption bands, over a broad temperature region, three different delocalization processes, namely direct photoionization, thermal ionization, and tunneling, have been identified. The relative probabilities and temperature dependencies of each of these processes are discussed. The observed exponential temperature increase in the photocurrent, which spans six orders of magnitude, allows for the exact placement of the lowest energy 5d levels of the Ce3+ ions within the band gap. For Lu2SiO5:Ce3+, the lowest 5d state is determined to be 0.45 eV below the conduction band edge. Subject lutetium compoundsceriumimpurity statesexcited statesphotoconductivityphotoionisationtunnellingconduction bandsenergy gap To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:50f0a2fb-4c78-408a-8423-f5ffa3f14893 DOI https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1603337 Publisher American Institute of Physics ISSN 0003-6951 Source http://link.aip.org/link/APPLAB/v83/i9/p1740/s1 Source Applied Physics Letters, 83 (9), 2003 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights (c) 2003 The Author(s); American Institute of Physics Files PDF vanderKolk_2003.pdf 59.92 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:50f0a2fb-4c78-408a-8423-f5ffa3f14893/datastream/OBJ/view